Red Hat, Inc. announces the launch of DevOps to the network by extending Ansible. WWT's VP of Advanced Technology commented on the announcement.

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On February 18, 2016 Red Hat, Inc. announced that it is bringing DevOps to networking by extending Ansible. WWT's VP of Advanced Technology Brian Ortbals commented on the announcement.

On Feb. 18 Red Hat, Inc. posted:

The 2015 “SDx Cloud Management Report: OpenStack and More,” highlighted the results of a recent survey on cloud architectures and platforms, stating, “When asked what they felt was the most immature component in cloud management, the overwhelming response was the network at 76%.” By including network devices as part of the overall architecture of Ansible, Red Hat customers can benefit from increased IT agility through operational efficiency, bridging the traditional divide between IT operations and networking teams, and advancing agility and modernization efforts.

Ansible is an integral part of World Wide Technology’s network automation strategy. Network automation and programmability using Ansible is a key component of the training curriculum of WWT professional services Cisco ACI deployment engineers. WWT has developed a solution using Ansible to consistently and efficiently configure Nexus 9000 series switches to customer specifications in our Integration Centers. This announcement further solidifies the relationship between WWT and Red Hat to help realize the operational efficiency of #netdevops for our customers. - Brian Ortbals, VP, Advanced Technology, WWT.